Bieber, Angry Birds, More Win Webby Awards

The 15th Annual Webby Award winners were announced today and newcomers like Monet 2010 as well as established sites like Twitter won awards. But let's not forget Justin Bieber and Angry Birds.

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The 15th Annual Webby Award winners were announced today and newcomers like Monet 2010 as well as established sites like Twitter and pop culture favorites like Justin Bieber and Angry Birds took home awards.

This year, more than 100 total awards were handed out across four primary categories: Web site, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile & App. Each group also named a category winner and a People's Voice winner, which was determined by online votes.

Pop star Justin Bieber was among the winners, taking home his first Webby for Comedy: Individual Short or Episode for his April Fool's takeover of "Funny or Die." The "Old Spice Guy" Isaiah Mustafa and iPhone app Angry Birds also got awards, as did Conan O'Brien for "Team Coco" and Zach Galifianakis for his "Between Two Ferns" Web show.

Other winners included:

Dropbox: The online backup service got the category award for Best Practices; the category and People's Voice for Web Services & Applications as well as Mobile & App/Services; and People's Voice for Mobile & App/Productivity.

TED.com: Entrance to this popular annual conference is one of the most sought-after events of the year, but those who can't make it (or get in) can now watch some of the presentations online. As a result, TED.com took home the People's Voice award for Best Use of Video or Moving Image, the category award for Best Visual Design: Function, and the People's Voice and category awards for Education. It also received nominations for best radio/podcast and online film and video: variety.

Vimeo: The video Web site took home the People's Voice for Best Visual Design: Function, and the People's Voice and category awards for social media.

Other notable winners included Skype, which won the People's Voice award for Best Practices; Twitter, which took People's Vhoice for Community but lost the category award to OpenIdeo; and Pandora, which won both the category award and People's Voice award for Music (Web sites).

Newcomer Monet 2010 earned three nominations and took home two awards: Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics and Best Visual Design  Aesthetic.

The Webby Awards, which started in 1996, honor excellence on the Internet and are known for the required five-word acceptance speeches. They will be presented at an awards show on June 13 at The Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Judges include Vint Cerf, Arianna Huffington, Federated Media founder John Battelle, and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.

Jill Duffy is a contributing editor, based in Washington, D.C., specializing in productivity apps and software, as well as apps and gadgets for health and fitness. She writes the weekly Get Organized column, with tips on how to lead a better digital life. Her book, Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life is available for Kindle, iPad, and other digital formats.
She also spoke at TED@250, a salon-style conference at TED.com headquarters, about how to better and more sanely manage email.
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